Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:20:31 -0400
From: William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What are these IBM 'thingys'
My father (NOT a computer historian) used to tell me
that IBM patented the
shape of the hole! ?That resulted in a few short-lived attempts at
round-hole cards, etc.),
More than a few, actually. There were many, including a trinary one
(Super Bee or something. Anyone help?) that used cards with
information only on the four edges of the card, but the choices were
hole, no-hole, or hole-with-no-outside-edge.
--
Will
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Don't forget EPCs (Edge Punched Cards); basically an 80 column format card
with prepunched feed holes and 8-channel paper tape perforations along one
edge.